While California is viewed as a national leader on many progressive issues, it has a dark history when it comes to solitary confinement.

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Standing at left is Berkeley Mayor Loni Hancock with sign language interpreter Joseph Quinn, and Julie Weissman, right, in attendance with a large audience.

Berkeley Loni Hancock, who was the Mayor of Berkeley in 1992, told TIME Magazine in 2014 that they opted for the alternative to Columbus Day because the existing celebrations were “Eurocentric ...

Outgoing state Sen. Loni Hancock was the main speaker at the Dec. 2 holiday luncheon of the Piedmont League of Women Voters. (David Boitano/For Bay Area News Group) ...

On Thursday, Tom Bates, Berkeley’s oldest mayor, will hand his gavel to Jesse Arreguin, the city’s youngest, and State Sen. Loni Hancock will hand her seat over to Nancy Skinner. Then couple ...

State Senator Loni Hancock says the clock is ticking on a proposed coal depot that would bring in coal by rail from Utah to Oakland.